Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To cause (something) to be on fire; to set (something) alight.

    They set fire to the house.

    anzünden

    поджига́тьpodžigátʹ, подже́чьpodžéčʹ

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To destroy or dismantle (something).

    As soon as the new CEO arrived, he started setting fire to the old way of doing things.

  3. (figuratively, transitive)To stir up intense emotion or action in (something).

    All it took was one word to set fire to the crowd.

Examples

320 sentences

  1. He set a trap to catch the animal.

    Він поставив пастку, що спіймати звіра. — ChickenKiev

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  2. Set a thief to catch a thief.

    Клин клином вишибають. — deniko

    ruКлин клином выбивают. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. Someone set fire to the house.

    ruКто-то поджёг дом. — Lenin_1917

    deJemand hat das Haus angezündet. — carlosalberto

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  4. Are you all set to go?

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  5. Are you all set to leave?

    ruВы все готовы к выходу? — marafon

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to cause to be on fire:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cause to be on fire:

Forms

sets fire to, setting fire to, set fire to, set fire to
Base formset fire to · to set fire to
3rd person singularsets fire to
Present participlesetting fire to
Past simpleset fire to
Past participleset fire to

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyset fire to
he, she, itsets fire to

Past simpleLesson

all personsset fire to

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave set fire to
he, she, ithas set fire to

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill set fire to

Synonyms

3 synonyms
torchB2set lightset on fire

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sessionB1setA1setbackB2setteeC1settingB1
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